Brooklyn Northern United Plague 1- Wellington United Salmon 5
(Halftime 0-0)
Wellington College Turf
Scorers:
Craig Ireson (4)
Steve Westcott
MOM Points:
Craig Ireson (3 pts)
Steve Westcott (2 pts)
Adam Holloway (1 pt)
Last night marked a triumphant return to form, and points for Wellington United Salmon on the spanking new Wgtn College Turf.
A strong first half defensive effort repelled the Plague, and the Salmon were unlucky not to open the scoring with a dominance reflected by 6 corners to 1. Only some scrambling defence and keeping heroics from BNU kept the scoresheet clean. At our end the defence was ably marshalled by Adam Holloway, and after Tom Murphy went off new recruit Tom Haig slotted seamlessly into his place.
The 2nd half had the Salmon running with a strong tail wind. A lung bursting run by Steve Westcott ten minutes in had him shake off three defenders and drive to the byeline, where he shot at the near post despite an unmarked Skipper and Fulton in the middle- was it to be a spurned chance for the Salmon to open the scoring? not a chance, the shot deflected off the post into the path of Craig who toe-poked it home. Salmon now found a groove, and a ball won by Ashby in the centre was collected by Craig who picked out the right wing run of Steve W. With an acre of space Steve ran into the box and powered home the 2nd.
Salmon kept applying pressure winning free kicks and corners galore. After 25 minutes one such corner was taken by craig and was hit far too well, evading the head of Nic and Tom, and the flapping arms of the 'keeper to land directly in the net- 3-0.
BNU decided to roll the dice and pushed forward- their persistence paid off after a long shot was parried by Rich Martin and a BNU striker followed up unmarked to slot their opener.
BNU really pushed hard now, and despite sopme ropey moments like unmarked players heading straight to Rich Martin, the Salmon slowly regained some ascendancy thanks to some trench warfare at the back.
With BNU pushing their was loads of room to exploit at the back and a Nic Preddle through ball had Craig one v one with the keeper; the lobbed finish landing just inside the left hand post for 4-1.
BNU were now out for the count and Ashby and Fulton, still full of running both had opportunities to increase the lead. Salmon's move of the night was started from the back; Rich Martin rolled the ball to Arich Hallam who found Nic Preddle, unable to send it long Nic passed back to Rich who spied the run of Craig- a well weighted long ball set the skipper free once more and he didn't waste it- firing past the keeper fro 5-1.
The Salmon were hungry for more and Steve Westcott, Tom Haig, Nic and Craig marauded down the right. In the end the clock was the enemy, although in this mood the salmon coudl have played until the kid's came skipping back for wood shop in the morning.
A thoroughly deserved win against a good natured opposition. well done lads, lets build on this momentum.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Great to see the fans flock to the bleachers as well, with Kahu supporting on the sideline.
The table is still extremly tight and we are well positioned:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-4205-0-209957-0&pool=1&round=0&a=LADDER
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